Gramática Básica de Inglés: Question Words, Plurales, Preposiciones de Tiempo y Vocabulario

Question Words

Question words (palabras interrogativas) — Página 1

1. Where = ¿Dónde? (lugar)

• Where is it? — It’s at Paul’s house.
• Where is it? — It’s in Irapuato.

2. When = ¿Cuándo? (tiempo)

• When is it? — It’s on Saturday night.
• When is it? — It’s in summer.

On = el, en (días). In = en (meses, estaciones).

3. Who = ¿Quién? (persona)

• Who is it? — It’s me.
• Who is it? — It’s my father’s mother.

4. What = ¿Qué? (cosa)

• What is it? — It’s a pen.
• What is it? — It’s a school.

Práctica: completa con where, when, who o what

• ______ in Irapuato. (Where)
• ______ in September. (When)
• ______ my cousin. (Who)
• ______ in October 17th. (When)
• ______ dentist’s office. (Where)
• ______ chair. (What)
• ______ in the backyard. (Where)
• ______ glasses. (What)
• ______ an umbrella. (What)
• ______ the high school. (Where)

Feelings (Sentimientos)

• Happy = feliz
• Sad = triste
• Angry = enojado
• Upset = molesto / enojado
• Worried = preocupado
• Nervous = nervioso
• Tired = cansado
• Excited = emocionado
• Hungry = con hambre
• Afraid = temeroso

Everyday Activities (Actividades diarias)

• I wake up — yo despierto
• I get up — yo me levanto
• I take a shower — yo me baño
• I have breakfast — yo desayuno
• I have lunch — yo como
• I have dinner — yo ceno

Plurals (Plurales)

Regla 1: +s

• door → doors
• window → windows

Regla 2: ch, sh, ss, x, o → +es

• watch → watches
• dish → dishes
• dress → dresses
• box → boxes
• tomato → tomatoes

Regla 3: +fe → -ves / +f → -ves

• wolf → wolves
• wife → wives

Regla 4: +s / consonante + y → -ies

• boy → boys
• baby → babies

Plurales irregulares

• man → men
• woman → women
• child → children
• person → people
• tooth → teeth
• foot → feet
• mouse → mice
• fish → fish

Cambios en el plural

• leaf → leaves
• potato → potatoes
• pen → pens
• candy → candies
• box → boxes
• boss → bosses
• life → lives
• fly → flies

Preposiciones de tiempo: in, on, at

• IN = en — meses (January, February) y estaciones (spring, summer, fall, winter). My birthday is in October.
• ON = en / el — días. I go to school on Monday.
• AT = a las — horas. I wake up at 7 am.

Negative Form (Forma negativa)

• No = no
• Don’t → I, we, you, they
• Doesn’t → he, she, it

Get (conseguir / llegar / ponerse)

• I get sad — me pongo triste
• I get happy — me pongo feliz

Wear = usar, llevar puesto.

Present Simple: Rutinas

• I do homework at 10 pm.
• He does homework at 10 pm.
• I don’t do homework at 10 pm.
• He doesn’t do homework at 10 pm.

Adverbios de frecuencia

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• Never — nunca
• Hardly ever — casi nunca
• Rarely — rara vez
• Sometimes — a veces
• Often — a menudo
• Usually — usualmente
• Almost always — casi siempre
• Always — siempre

• I always take a shower.
• I never do exercise.
• I almost always brush my hair.
• I usually go to bed at 11 pm.
• I sometimes comb my hair.
• I often do homework.